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WO1992002178A1
WO1992002178A1 PCT/NL1991/000141 NL9100141W WO9202178A1 WO 1992002178 A1 WO1992002178 A1 WO 1992002178A1 NL 9100141 W NL9100141 W NL 9100141W WO 9202178 A1 WO9202178 A1 WO 9202178A1
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transducer
printed circuit
circuit board
transducer housing
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Pieter Derk Brommersma
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B.V. Optische Industrie 'de Oude Delft'
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Priority to US07/969,211 priority Critical patent/US5351691A/en
Priority to EP91914212A priority patent/EP0541661B1/fr
Priority to DE69106368T priority patent/DE69106368T2/de
Publication of WO1992002178A1 publication Critical patent/WO1992002178A1/fr

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/44—Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device
    • A61B8/4444—Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device related to the probe
    • A61B8/4461—Features of the scanning mechanism, e.g. for moving the transducer within the housing of the probe
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/12—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/44—Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device
    • A61B8/4444—Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device related to the probe
    • A61B8/445—Details of catheter construction
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/44—Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device
    • A61B8/4483—Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device characterised by features of the ultrasound transducer
    • A61B8/4488—Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device characterised by features of the ultrasound transducer the transducer being a phased array
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
    • G10K11/004—Mounting transducers, e.g. provided with mechanical moving or orienting device
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
    • G10K11/18—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound
    • G10K11/26—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning
    • G10K11/35—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning using mechanical steering of transducers or their beams
    • G10K11/352—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning using mechanical steering of transducers or their beams by moving the transducer
    • G10K11/355—Arcuate movement

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  • the invention relates to an endoscopic probe, in particular suitable for use as a TEE probe, comprising a flexible tube having at one end a probe head which is provided with ultrasonic transducer means of the phased array type with a transducer made up of a number of elongated transducer elements, which elements can be individually electrically controlled by means of cables connected to the individual elements and extending through the flexible tube, in which the transducer is fitted in a substantially cylindrical transducer housing fitted in the probe head and having an axis extending perpendicularly to the axis of the probe head, which transducer housing is rotatably mounted in the probe head such that the transducer is rotatable in the plane of the array by means of drive means cooperating with the transducer housing and in which the elongated transducer elements are connected by means of at least one flexible printed circuit board to cables extending through the flexible tube.
  • An endoscopic probe is known from the article "An endoscopic micromanipulator for multiplanar transesophageal imaging" by Roy . Martin et al. in Ultrasound in Med & Biol., Vol. 12, No. 12, pp. 965-975, 1986.
  • the known device has a probe head with a slightly flattened part containing an essentially flat transducer made up of a number of individual adjacent elongated elements of piezoelectric material which can be excited individually, and which together form a phased array.
  • By exciting the strip-type elements in a suitable sequence it is possible to obtain a beam which scans the environment to be examined and produces reflections in a plane lying at right angles to the elongated elements, as described in greater derail by J.C.
  • Rotating the flexible tube, and thus the probe head, about the longitudinal axis means that the environment around the probe head can be scanned by an ultrasonic beam.
  • Pulling cables also extend through the flexible tube, by means of which said head can be pulled forwards or backwards.
  • Such a probe head has two transducer arrays lying one after the other In the lengthwise direction of the flexible tube and the head, and again composed of adjacent elongated elements. The elements of one transducer extend at right angles relative to the elements of the other transducer. With this head it is therefore possible to obtain two scanning beans which can carry out a scanning movement in directions extending at right angles to each other.
  • a disadvantage of this known probe is that the scanning beams originate in two different points.
  • Another disadvantage is that the rigid head is relatively long, which can lead to problems in practical use.
  • Two separate transducer arrays with the same definition per array also require twice the number of control cables, which all have to be conveyed through the flexible tube.
  • the flexible tube has little or no space for these.
  • the United Stated patent specification 4,543,960 proposes to mount the transducer array in the probe head rotatable about an axis extending perpendicularly with respect to the plane of the array.
  • a transducer housing carrying the transducer array has been mounted in a cavity in the probe head, which housing is rotatable about a top provided at the side of the transducer housing facing away from the array.
  • Via conductors formed on two flexible printed circuit boards the elements of the transducer array are connected to the conductors of one or more electrical cables extending through the flexible tube.
  • the flexible printed circuit boards are present in a spiral shape around the transducer housing.
  • a device of the above-described type is characterized in that the at least one flexible printed circuit board extends through an opening in the transducer housing, is present in the transducer housing in a loop shape and ends at at least a number of connecting electrodes of transducer elements.
  • Figure 1 shows schematically a cut-away top view of an example of an embodiment of a probe head of a TEE Probe head according to the invention
  • Figure 2 shows schematically a cut-away side view of the probe of Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 shows schematically a top view of the probe head of Figure 1, in a different working position
  • Figure 4 shows a detail of the probe of Figure 1 and Figure 2;
  • Figure 5 shown an example of a special printed circuit board which can be used in a probe according to the invention
  • Figure 6 shows a modification of the printed circuit board of Fig.5 and
  • FIGS 1 to 3 show a TEE probe as an examplary embodiment of the invention.
  • a TEE (trans esophageal echocardiography) probe is a device which can be used to examine the heart, or other parts of the body in the region of the oesophagus, by ultrasonic radiation from the oesophagus through the oesophagus wall.
  • the device shown comprises a probe head 1 with a housing 2, which connects to a flexible end part 3 of a flexible tube which is not shown.
  • Bowden cables 4, 5 extending through the flexible tube, the probe head can be bent forwards (as shown in Figure 2) or backwards. This movement is made possible by the end part 3.
  • similar Bowden cables which permit a sideways swing of the probe head can be present.
  • the housing 2 connects by means of a connecting piece 6 with round cross-section to the end part 3 of the flexible tube, but has itself an essentially rectangular cross-section with rounded edges which widens out slightly to a holder 8 which is shut off at the free end by a se i- circular wall 7, and in which an ultrasonic transducer of the phased array type is placed.
  • the holder 8 is provided with a circular aperture 9 in an essentially flat top wall. Situated in and behind the aperture is the transducer which, as can be seen in Figure 2, comprises an essentially flat transducer 11 lying on a backing layer 10.
  • the transducer 11 is made up of a number of adjacent, but separate strip-type transducer elements which can be, for example, piezoelectric elements, and which in the situation shown in Figure 1 extend parallel to the longitudinal axis H of the probe head.
  • the backing layer absorbs ultrasonic vibrations which are radiated towards the interior of the probe head and which, if not absorbed, would lead to disturbing reflections.
  • the backing layer 10 is confined inside an electrically insulating frame 12 which can be made of, for example, a suitable plastic.
  • phasedly exciting the individual strip- type transducer elements makes it possible to obtain an ultrasonic beam which can scan an area the shape of a sector of a circle in a plane at right angles lo the strip-type elements.
  • This technique which is known per se, can therefore be used to scan the environment of the probe head with a swinging beam, but the swing can take place in only one plane.
  • the lens 13, the transducer 11, the frame 12 and the backing layer 10 are placed in a transducer housing 14 which is an essentially cylindrical shape.
  • the transducer housing 14 sealed at the level of the aperture 9 by the lens 13, and in the example shown also has a bottom 15 which is supported on a pin 16 fitted in a bore in the wall of the housing of the probe head opposite the aperture 9.
  • the central axis of the pin coincides with the central axis H2 of the transducer housing, and the centre point of the circular aperture lies on said central axis H2, so that the transducer housing is rotatable about the pin.
  • the transducer housing is rotatable from the rest position shown in Figure 1 both clockwise and anticlockwise through approximately 90 degrees.
  • Figure 3 shows the probe head with a transducer 11 rotated through 30 degrees. The total rotation range is therefore 180 degrees, which means that a spatial area the shape of the sector of a sphere can be scanned completely with one and the same disc-type transducer made up of strips, without changing the position of the probe head itself.
  • a belt 17 is placed around the transducer housing, the two free ends 18, 19 of which belt are connected to pulling cables 20, 21.
  • the pulling cables are again in the form of Bowden cables, the outer cables of which are shown at 22, 23.
  • the belt 17 can be a spring steel belt which is connected by a single spot weld to an interposed metal strip which is in turn fixed to the plastic transducer housing 14.
  • the Spot weld in the rest position is on or near the longitudinal axis HI of the probe head, as shown at 24 in Figure 1.
  • the interposed metal strip is indicated by 25 and is connected in a suitable manner to the transducer housing. This prevents the pulling belt from slipping over the transducer housing.
  • a number of cables are indicated by 30 to 33 in Figure 1.
  • the flexible printed circuit board is indicated by 34, 35.
  • the flexible printed circuit board extends from a supporting plate 36 situated in the part
  • the transducer housing is provided with a recess 37 extending through approximately 180 degrees along the periphery and being the height of the width of the flexible printed circuit board.
  • the transducer housing 14 contains two pins 38, 39 which are fixed on the bottom 15 and/or in the backing layer 10.
  • a strip of the flexible printed circuit board is passed around each of the pins 38, 39. Each strip extends under the backing layer in a loop towards connecting electrodes fitted on one end of the striptype transducer elements.
  • the flexible printed circuit boards thus do not take up any space around the transducer housing.
  • the connecting electrodes for all strip-type elements are on the front side of the probe head.
  • the pins 38, 39 have been placed such that the flexible printed circuit boards extend substantially through the rotation axis H2 of the transducer housing not only in the rest position shown in Fig. 1 but also on rotation of the transducer housing. Thereby rotation of the transducer housing 9 does not lead to a change of the space needed for the flexible printed circuit boards.
  • the parts of the flexible printed circuit boards extending outside the transducer housing change position only to a very small degree during rotation of the transducer housing, as a comparison of Figs. 1 and 3 may show.
  • the pins 38, 39 as shown can be placed each on a side of the axis H just past the centerline extending perpendicularly to the axis.
  • the supporting plate 36 in this example bears on both sides printed circuit boards 43, 44 with conductor tracks to which the ends of the cables 30 to 33 are connected.
  • the connecting point between the conductors of the printed circuit boards 43, 44 and the conductors of the flexible printed circuit board is indicated at 45.
  • FIG 5 shows schematically a flat blank of a flexible printed circuit board 50 which can be used in the device described.
  • the printed circuit board shown has two wing strips 34, 35 which together form an approximately V- shaped flat blank.
  • Each wing 34, 35 has an elongated part 60, 61 which has a first end 62, 63 for connection to the printed circuit boards 43, 44.
  • Each wing also has a short transverse part 64, 65 which in the fitted state rests against the transducer housing 14 at the front side (in Figure 1 or Figure 2) .
  • the transverse parts each have an end strip 66, 67.
  • the end strips of the two transverse parts are connected to each other at 68 and thus form the connection between two wing strips.
  • the end strips in the fitted state are folded over approximately at right angles and at the bottom side lie against the connecting electrodes of the transducer elements.
  • the connecting electrodes can be, for example, gold electrodes, and the connection can be made with conducting adhesive.
  • the width of the elongated parts of the wing strips of the described flexible printed circuit boards together with the thickness necessary for the backing layer to a large degree determine the minimal height of the probe head.
  • the elongated parts 60, 62 in their mounted state have been folded about a folding line extending in the longitudinal direction.
  • FIG. 6 An example of a flat blank of a flexible printed circuit board suitable for the purpose is shown in Fig. 6.
  • the conductor tracks extending in the longitudinal direction of the elongated parts 60, 61 of the wing strips 34, 35 of the flexible printed circuit board have in each case been divided into two groups 70, 71 and 72, 73 respectively, each lying on one side of the folding lines 74 and 75 respectively. Thereby the height necessary for the flexible printed circuit board is reduced considerably.
  • two (or more) individual flexible printed circuit boards could also be used.
  • the use of a single printed circuit board gives the advantage that the position of the tracks, in particular in the end strips, is determined accurately. With the correct selection of the centre-to-centre distance of the tracks, these can also be placed accurately in line with the gold electrodes of the transducer elements and, after correct positioning of a printed circuit board, a shifting of any second printed circuit board cannot take place.
  • the transducer housing 14 in the example shown is mounted in the aperture 9 of the holder 8 by a simple O-ring 46, which also forms a seal. It is also possible to use a bearing sleeve or another suitable bearing structure.
  • a cap can be placed over the lens to cover the gap between the transducer housing and the edge of the aperture 9. An acoustic coupling fluid must then be applied under such a cap.
  • the belt 17 could also be replaced by another transmission mechanism such as a toothed rack which can be shifted by a pulling cable in the lengthwise direction, and which engages on a toothed wheel directly or indirectly coupled to the transducer housing. In that case it could be possible to make do with one pulling cable. Springs which press the transducer housing back to a predetermined rest position could also be used.
  • the belt 17 can also be made narrower and preferably lies slightly recessed in a groove in the transducer housing.
  • the transducer which in the example shown is essentially flat and hexagonal, can also be, for example, round or rectangular and slightly concave or even convex,
  • the probe described can also in principle be used for examination through body cavities other than the oesophagus.

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Sonde endoscopique devant notamment s'utiliser en tant que sonde d'échocardiographie transoesophagienne (TEE), et comportant un tuyau souple dont l'une des extrémités possède une tête de sondage munie d'un dispositif transducteur ultrasonore du type à réseau d'éléments à phase variable, le transducteur étant constitué d'un certain nombre d'éléments transducteurs allongés pouvant être commandés électriquement et séparément au moyen de câbles raccordés à chaque élément et parcourant le tuyau souple dans lequel est installé le transducteur dans un boîtier essentiellement cylindrique monté dans la tête de sondage, son axe longidutinal s'étendant dans un sens perpendiculaire à l'axe longitudinal de ladite tête. Ledit boîtier est monté rotatif dans la tête de sorte que le transducteur puisse tourner dans le plan du réseau d'éléments sous l'action d'un dispositif d'entraînement associé audit boîtier. Au moins une carte à circuits imprimés souple sert à raccorder les éléments transducteurs allongés à des câbles qui parcourent le tuyau souple, la ou les carte(s) à circuits imprimés s'étendant à travers une ouverture et jusque dans ledit boîtier. Cette carte est présente dans le boîtier sous forme de boucle et se termine au niveau d'au moins un certain nombre d'électrodes connectrices d'éléments transducteurs.
PCT/NL1991/000141 1990-08-02 1991-07-31 Sonde endoscopique WO1992002178A1 (fr)

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US07/969,211 US5351691A (en) 1990-08-02 1991-07-31 Endoscopic probe
EP91914212A EP0541661B1 (fr) 1990-08-02 1991-07-31 Sonde endoscopique
DE69106368T DE69106368T2 (de) 1990-08-02 1991-07-31 Endoskopische sonde.

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